JOHN O'CONNOR WRITING SCHOOL

"The world of John O'Connor is a world of freshly snebbed turnip, the new sawn plank, the sod shining under the plough. His extraordinary gift is to render the life of Mill Row in Armagh as deftly and definitively as Steinbeck renders Cannery Row or Bob Dylan Desolate Row".

Paul Muldoon 2016

The John O'Connor Writing School and Literary Arts Festival returns in November 2016 with a packed and exciting programme. Many classes are being held at Milford House Collection.

A PDF version of the programme can be downloaded at www.thejohnoconnorwritingschool.com

Tickets can be booked at www.armagh.co.uk/johnoconnor

Classes are taught by experienced writers/ journalists and enhanced by informative talks with industry specialists:

Fiction: Martina Devlin/ Robert McCrum

Song writing: Gareth Dunlop/ Jim Lockhart

Screenwriting: Deirdre Cartmill/ Barry Devlin

Stagewriting: Jo Eagan / Paul McAneaney and Conall Morrison

Poetry: Lemn Sissy/ John and Kate Newmann

Festival highlights include

'Belina and the softening of the stones' reading of the play by Armagh writer and actor Karl O'Neill - with Maggie Cronin and Brenda Winter Palmer

'Both sides' play written by Jane Coyle

Lumen in Coelhi - Evening of prose poetry and music on the theme of Light in the Dark honouring astronomer Eric Linsey and featruning the inspirational poet Lemn Sissay

Milford Buildings Preservation Trust

The Milford Buildings Preservation Trust, a company and registered charity (no.XR82797) was set up in 1999 by Stephen Mc Manus and aims to:

“Protect, promote and preserve Milford House, its parkland and the heritage attached to it for the benefit of the nation. Also to protect, promote and preserve the built architectural, industrial and natural landscape of the Milford area for the benefit of the nation”.